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* [PATCH] powercap: intel_rapl: Fix memory leak in rapl_add_package_cpuslocked()
@ 2026-05-15 18:26 Sumeet Pawnikar
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From: Sumeet Pawnikar @ 2026-05-15 18:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: rafael, linux-pm; +Cc: linux-kernel, sumeet4linux

When topology_physical_package_id()/topology_logical_die_id() returns
a negative value, rapl_add_package_cpuslocked() returns ERR_PTR(-EINVAL)
directly without freeing the rapl_package structure that was just
allocated by kzalloc_obj(), leaking memory on every failed package
addition.

Use the existing err_free_package label so that the allocation is
released on the error path.

Signed-off-by: Sumeet Pawnikar <sumeet4linux@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/powercap/intel_rapl_common.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl_common.c b/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl_common.c
index a8dd02dff0a0..f8afb4461e45 100644
--- a/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl_common.c
+++ b/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl_common.c
@@ -1770,7 +1770,8 @@ struct rapl_package *rapl_add_package_cpuslocked(int id, struct rapl_if_priv *pr
 			 topology_physical_package_id(id) : topology_logical_die_id(id);
 		if ((int)(rp->id) < 0) {
 			pr_err("topology_logical_(package/die)_id() returned a negative value");
-			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_free_package;
 		}
 		rp->lead_cpu = id;
 		if (!rapl_msrs_are_pkg_scope() && topology_max_dies_per_package() > 1)
-- 
2.43.0


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